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EU Anti-Hate Laws On The Web

Posted by timothy on from the they-must-hate-speech dept.

coupco writes "The European Union's Council of Europe passes a measure that would make hate speech on the web illegal, and subject to banning and filtering. A story on Wired News explains the How and Why."

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  1. Re:Censorship by Tablizer · · Score: 1, Troll

    One of the reasons that hate speech is censored in Europe is that we realised that words can be a dangerous weapon, even more than a very limited and democratically controlled censorship. In fact, it was Hitler's main skill to give vivid and charming speeches that convinced so many people to do things that are completely ridiculous.

    Hitler's ideas spread because of a *lack* of free expression, not the other way around. For example, Jews were not allowed to safely tell their side of the story.

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